Lonelygirl15 studio rebrands, attracts investors

April 16, 2008 The studio behind Internet sensation lonelygirl15 has received funding from a group of investors including veterans of Netscape, Google and Cloudbreak Entertainment. Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, Conrad Riggs of Cloudbreak, Silicon Valley venture investor Ron Conway and former Google director Georges Harik also are investing in this round. Beckett and Goodfried explained that the funding isn't tied to a specific new project; they're looking to "build the corporate infrastructure" and hire programrs, developers and ad sales workers.

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